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April 21, 2014
"All relationships have ups and downs. Love is strange. Just make sure you love someone for who they are and not who you want them to be." - John Cena posting a message on Twitter that might explain his relationship with Nikki Bella
April 21, 2014
While she did not leave the company after Wrestlemania 30 like rumored, Vickie Guerrero still intends on moving on from WWE at some point in time. She has already given notice to management, and she still continues to work on her college degree and business ventures. Guerrero wants to maintain a good working relationship with WWE.
April 17, 2014
Since they really are best friends in real life, Trish Stratus and Lita have decided to capitalize on that relationship by doing a tour together. The former WWE divas will be hitting up various locations across the country to meet with fans and sign autographs. Aside from generating an income, the two of them will get a chance to spend some time together on the road as well.
April 16, 2014
While they occasionally worked together over the past year, rumors have it that WWE is trying to downplay the on screen relationship between Xavier Woods and the Funkadactyls. Management feels that the girls are over with the audience thanks to their role on Total Divas. They're going to be utilized more as in ring performers than just a dancing side show routine.
April 14, 2014
Rumors have it that Triple H is the main driving force behind Bruno Sammartino staying involved with WWE. The company already has received his biggest marketing contributions when he was inducted into the hall of fame, but since HHH is a big fan of Sammartino, the two sides are maintaining a working relationship. Sammartino was at Wrestlemania 30 weekend, even though he was not featured on screen.
April 14, 2014
Rumors are floating around right now that Low Ki could be making his return to TNA in the near future. The former X Division Champion contemplated retirement not too long ago, but he had a change of heart apparently. Low Ki has a close relationship with Samoa Joe and MVP, so that have played a part in his potential return to TNA.
April 13, 2014
Another name that is rumored to be released by WWE soon is Aksana. While she is on good terms with management now, the backstage relationship has always been up and down. The belief is that the company views her as being expendable and will more than likely allow her to walk once her contract expires. WWE needs room for newer stars.
April 13, 2014
"When I first heard the news of the Ultimate Warrior's passing - from my oldest son - my first thoughts were of his precious daughters, and how their father - whose love for them was clear - had been taken away from them far to early in their lives. My second thought was about the foolish tweet I sent out during Warrior's Hall of Fame induction speech - and how badly I wish I could have taken those words back. Maybe they seemed harmless at the time, but in retrospect, the fact that my final words about Warrior were negative ones has had me feeling pretty bad these last 24 hours. I did not dislike Warrior. I got along fine with him in 1996, and years later, during a 'Legends Rountable' focusing on 'Heatseekers', I was good-naturedly kidded by my fellow Roundtable guests for having nothing negative to say about Warrior, Paul Heyman or Buff Bagwell." - Mick Foley talks about his relationship with Ultimate Warrior
April 10, 2014
WWE has now decided to put the Undertaker into the upcoming Flintstones movie. The belief is that he was added to help alleviate the loss of CM Punk, whose role in the film has been replaced by Rey Mysterio. WWE still plans on having a working relationship with Undertaker, even if he decides to retire after his Wrestlemania 30 match against Brock Lesnar.
April 10, 2014
Since she has maintained a great relationship with Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett, there are rumors that Brooke Tessmacher could be one of the performers that ends up signing with the new Global Force Wrestling. Her status with TNA has been up in the air over the last several weeks, and the Knockout has done very little to squash the rumors.
April 8, 2014
Since their relationship is well documented on Total Divas, WWE fans believed that Brie Bella would be coming out at the end of Wrestlemania 30 to celebrate with her boyfriend Daniel Bryan after he was able to capture the heavyweight championship. However, she posted this message on Twitter to explain that the company prevented her from doing just that.
April 7, 2014
Since he was in New Orleans this week, there were plenty of rumors that Edge would be backstage at Wrestlemania 31, but that apparently is not the case, as the former World Heavyweight Champion has already hopped on a flight back to North Carolina to be with Beth Phoenix and his newborn child. His relationship with WWE has been speculated for quite some time now.
April 6, 2014
Legendary former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk is in New Orleans this weekend. He is scheduled to meet and greet fans at WrestleCon. While Wrestlemania 30 is nearby, it is uncertain whether or not he will be backstage at the pay per view, as his relationship with Vince McMahon has always been on again and off again.
April 5, 2014
Even though the truth has been out there for several years now, a lot of wrestling fans are still under the belief that Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson are brothers in real life. They're not. The relationship was created for their on screen characters to help Arn connect with the audience quicker because Ole was already established in the territory.
April 4, 2014
A picture of Randy Orton celebrating his birthday with what appears to be his new girlfriend. The WWE champion was previously rumored to be involved in a relationship with JoJo Offerman, whose removal from the Total Divas cast happened to coincide with the breakup between the two.
April 2, 2014
"People have to remember that an alcoholic and a drug addict can be known to tell a lie or two. I certainly did my share of it, with lashing out and was pretty ugly about it. For Vince McMahon to forgive and forget, maybe he hasn't forgotten, but at least he's forgiven, and to invite me into the WWE Hall of Fame, it's going to be an awesome, awesome moment." - Jake Roberts on his relationship with Vince McMahon
April 2, 2014
The latest episode of Total Divas was the most watched one since the series started last year. That has pleased E! enough to where they posted a press release, touting it as their second best show behind Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Vince McMahon is said to be completely behind the business relationship and is willing to devote more resources to promoting his girls.
April 2, 2014
"The friendship came together when we got together professionally back in 2002 and realized just how similar our goals were both professionally and personally. On a professional level, we both want to be the absolute best at our craft. We will settle for nothing less than being at the top of our game at every appearance and we want to leave a legacy of being the single, solitary best in that particular role the industry has ever seen. On a personal level, nothing means more to either one of us than our children and we will fight to the death for our children. And everything that we do including everything we do professionally revolves around, is about and is regarding the love that we have for our children. So both professionally and personally as much as we are different, you're talking about a South Dakota farm boy that is a natural born predator and conqueror and a smart ass New York Jew boy who's the son of a personal injury attorney from the Bronx. But as different as we are culturally, we are in terms as professionally and personally, we are very much alike." - Paul Heyman discusses his relationship with Brock Lesnar
April 1, 2014
"There's nothing unresolved. My relationship with WWE is exactly what we want it to be. I'm staying very busy and doing something for WWE Network on an ongoing basis would be challenging. They've moved on and so have I with no regrets." - Jim Ross on his backstage heat with Vince McMahon and WWE
April 1, 2014
A picture of Hulk Hogan visiting the WWE Performance Center. Also pictured are Nick Dinsmore, Bill DeMott, Dusty Rhodes, Normal Smiley and former WCW star Terry Taylor.
February 22, 2014
In a show of resilient he is, Yoshi Tatsu refuses to give up on his dreams of being on the main roster with WWE again. He has been spending extra time with Nick Dinsmore, one of the lead trainers for the company, at the WWE Performance Center, working on his stamina and gaining some pointers on how to present his character on television.
February 15, 2014
While working in OVW, Rob Conway was recruited to join a stable called Bolin Services. The group is now notable because it consisted of guys who all would eventually end up making a name for themselves in WWE. The stable consisted of Conway, Nick Dinsmore, Bull Buchanan, Mark Henry and future heavyweight champion John Cena.
January 27, 2014
Aside from working as a trainer, Nick Dinsmore is also making appearances for NXT as well. At a live event in Tampa this week, the former WWE star showed up in the ring to save Santa Claus and his diva helpers from an attack by Aiden English.
December 20, 2013
Former WWE stars Eugene and Scotty 2 Hotty were both in attendance at the stand up comedy show by Mick Foley last night in Orlando.
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The penis, the outer reproductive organ of the male, consists of two parts--the shaft and the glans. The glans is the tip of the penis, while the shaft is the main part of the penis. All boys are born with a foreskin, or a covering over the tip of the penis. Some boys are circumcised, which means that this covering of skin is removed. Other boys are not circumcised and may have skin that covers the tip of the penis. The decision to circumcise a baby boy may depend on many factors, including the parent's preference, religion, and where the child is born.
In an uncircumcised boy, the foreskin will begin to separate from the glans, or the tip of the penis. This happens naturally while the male is an infant. This is called foreskin retraction. Foreskin retraction may happen immediately after birth, or it may take several years. Most foreskins can be fully retracted by the time the male is 18 years old. Retraction of the foreskin, or pulling the foreskin back from the tip of the penis, should not be forced. If the foreskin is forced to retract, it may result in bleeding and discomfort.
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You know how much toilet paper you use knowing how that disease works. It's very awkward at first, but it's like a mini-shower on demand and can make the reach around process obsolete. The ones with a dryer and warm water are top notch, I just haven't graduated to that level yet. It's coming!


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Aha! I had this issue this past spring, and with the wonderful advice of a certain pro on this forum, the problem was sorted out... check to see if the valve has been installed upside down.
I'm installing a Kohler pressure balancing valve w/ diverter (K305 KS) and a fancy new Kohler shower tile (K8002) that installs flush with the ceiling. It's all hooked up with Aquapex, but during test with the diverter out (tub faucet mode) water continues to flow out the shower head slowly. Sometimes it takes a minute or so for it to start, but eventually it flows out the shower head at approximately 1/4 flow. We've tried replumbing with 3/4" PEX to the faucet and 1/2" to the showerhead to open the path to the tub faucet, and we've cleaned the diverter (twice, it's clean anyway) all to no avail. Any thoughts on this? With the diverter out it seems like all water should happily flow to the tub but it doesn't. I'm interested in getting a plumbing lesson now....
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Aha! I had this issue this past spring, and with the wonderful advice of a certain pro on this forum, the problem was sorted out... check to see if the valve has been installed upside down.
Upside down would certainly be a problem. I note on the installation instructions for the K305 it specifically mentions not to use plastic pipe between valve and spout. Must be hard copper or IPS; one elbow max. It says any deviation from these instructions may cause improper shower function such as you have.
You are correct that the instructions warn against using plastic and using more than one elbow, but they don't bother to explain why. Why would this be at the physics level? In this day and age, why would a manufacturer go with a design restricted in this way? In my particular application, getting around and through the framing doesn't lend itself to copper easily, but I'd be willing to run flexible copper if someone can explain the science involved.
The button diverter is beneath the handle where it belongs. Is there anything I'm missing here?
I do not know exactly how that valve is constructed internally; but the principle involved is this: you have house pressure coming into the valve. When the valve is opened and water flows, the pressure at that point drops and you do not have full house pressure in there. As water flows thru the tub spout, if that flow is restricted by too-small pipe, then the dynamic pressure within the valve can be high enough to force water up the pipe to the shower head. One might think the diverter valve itself would not allow a path for water flow, but that may not be true.
This "phenomenom" is most evident in showers which use a plunger on the spout to divert. In these models, there definitely IS a path for water flow to the shower at all times, and only the pressure drop at the spout prevents it.
Plastic pipe has a smaller hole in it. Because of the laws of mathematics, when a circle is reduced in size its area reduces at a greater rate than the diameter. In your case the PEX cannot flow as much water as the valve is delivering so the excess has to go up and out of the shower head. In this day and age, the rules of geometry are the same as when Euclid wrote about them.
I couldn't get a hold of Euclid so I called Bernoulli instead who said if he had any meat left on his fingers he'd run 3/4" PEX from the valve to the spout (open path) and 1/2" PEX to the showerhead (restricted path) to address the science involved here to which you allude but I'd already tried this....
The water SHOULD go path-of-least-resistance to the spout only but, dam#@it, it climbs up and spills out the showerhead too.
Last edited by Terry; 09-15-2011 at 12:05 PM.
Thanks to all who helped. All were essentially correct. The fix indeed was to run flexible copper (5/8 o.d. type L) from valve to spout with exactly one elbow (at the spout) To accomplish this I used 4 sections of copper (necessary due to the framing) all carefully lofted and joined with soldered couplings. Straight copper would have required 6 elbows! As all but the speediest of experts can appreciate, it took this weekend warrior a couple of hours, but now everything runs drip free.
Makes one wonder why PEX is not made with identical I.D.s so this sort of thing isn't an issue, but I suspect that's a topic for a different forum.
Last edited by Terry; 09-15-2011 at 12:02 PM.
Are there any suggestions for this same scenario only there is no access to the plumbing? The problem was not found until the wall was tiled on both sides. Would a pressure regulator help?
I don't know of any bandaid that will resolve the problem without repiping at least the tub spout with full-port pipes/fittings.
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Even repiping from the valve to the diverter with 3/4" PEX does not eliminate the problem, since the PEX connnector which is screwed into the valve ALSO has a smaller diameter. They CANNOT make PEX with the same i.d. as copper because the o.d. has to be the same, but the wall MUST be thicker, which automatically reduces the internal diameter of the tubing.
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FreeSwitch is a full featured PBX capable of routing both Voice and SMS traffic. We use it to provide multi-modal applications that are capable of mixing voice, SMS, location (RRLP), and presence information. As of now, just voice and SMS are implemented.
System Diagram
In this diagram, Black links are network links (SIP) while Red links are filesystem lookups (sqlite3 db access).
FreeSwitch, being a full-featured project outside the scope of OpenBTS, has it's own wiki detailing the installation and use of the system. As such, we defer to their wisdom. You'll need two FreeSWITCH modules to interoperate with OpenBTS. Those are mod_python and mod_sms. Make sure to install (and configure!) those two modules. Python 2.6 or above (2.7.3 recommended) is required to use the supplied OpenBTS scripts.
OpenBTS to FreeSWITCH
OpenBTS needs to route all outgoing voice and SMS messages to FreeSWITCH. FreeSWITCH provides multiple SIP endpoints, any of them will do. By default, the "internal" context is port 5060, while the "external" context is 5080. Due to a bug in FreeSWITCH, you have to specify the entire IP address. Localhost/127.0.0.1 WILL NOT WORK. To update the required fields, change the two following config fields in /etc/OpenBTS/OpenBTS.db to your local address (192.168.1.1 in this example).
SIP.Proxy.Speech = 192.168.1.1:5060 SIP.Proxy.SMS = 192.168.1.1:5060
FreeSWITCH to OpenBTS
OpenBTS has a very minimal SIP stack, so make sure that FreeSWITCH does not require any registration to receive SMS or Voice traffic. If you do not, FreeSWITCH will send 401 (Unauthorized) or 407 (Proxy Authentication Required) responses to your REGISTER/INVITE/MESSAGE messages.
Doing this consists of two parts. First, you have to add the OpenBTS IP address to your access control list (in autoload_configs/acl.conf.xml). This allows any traffic from these IP addresses to be accepted without registration. In this example, we added them to the "domains" ACL that already exists:
<list name="domains" default="deny"> <!--place your OpenBTS IP here --> <node type="allow" cidr="192.168.1.1/24"/> <!-- old stuff below... -->
It's worth noting that you CANNOT use the "special" function of the domains ACL that scans all users with CIDR attributed and automatically adds them to the ACL. This doesn't work, as it assumes one IP address per user, a critical flaw when working with OpenBTS.
Following that change, you also need to modify your sip profile to accept connections without authorization. If you are using the internal profile, this is in conf/sip_profiles/internal.xml. Uncomment the following line as follows:
<param name="apply-register-acl" value="domains"/>
You'll need to set some variables to ensure that FreeSWITCH can communicate with the other services running in the OpenBTS suite. The file conf/vars.xml needs three items defined: The subscriber registry location, smqueue's host and port, and the FreeSWITCH profile you use to communicate with smqueue (this is almost always internal). Add these to the end of vars.xml
<X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="openbts_db_loc=/var/lib/asterisk/sqlite3dir/sqlite3.db"/> <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="smqueue_port=5063"/> <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="smqueue_host=192.168.1.1"/> <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="smqueue_profile=internal"/>
Lastly, there are a few utility scripts we've written that should be made accessible to FreeSWITCH. These are located in (openbtsdir)/FreeswitchConfig/scripts/. Copy all of those to (freeswitchInstallDir)/scripts. Their functions are detailed in the next section.
sudo cp /usr/local/src/openbts/openbts/trunk/FreeswitchConfig/scripts/* /usr/local/freeswitch/scripts/
Restart FreeSWITCH and your system should be receiving and handing OpenBTS traffic.
Using FreeSWITCH with OpenBTS
There are a set of scripts included in the install which provide basic functions for communicating with FreeSWITCH. These are generally accessible from both the dialplan and the freeswitch CLI. Before using these scripts, you will need to install python-messaging for SMS functions.
sudo apt-get install python-messaging
OpenBTS_DB allows freeswitch plans to engage with the subscriber registry. Note the use of quotations, freeswitch sometimes removes 's, so we use double quotes instead. The basic commands are used as
API: <action application="python" data='OpenBTS_DB SQL_COMMAND"'/> Example: <action application="python" data='OpenBTS_DB SELECT callerid FROM sip_buddies WHERE name="IMSI000000000000000"'/> <!-- _openbts_ret set to 11111111 > <action application="log" data="${_openbts_ret}
API: python OpenBTS_DB SQL_COMMAND EXAMPLE: python OpenBTS_DB SELECT callerid FROM sip_buddies WHERE name="IMSI000000000000000" prints 11111111
OpenBTS_Send_SMS sends an encoded SMS message to smqueue (not OpenBTS!) for storage and eventual forwarding to the client. You are able to specify the target for the SMS (phone number), return number (arbitrary number) and the actual content of the message. Messages over 160 characters are truncated.
API: <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_Send_SMS TARGET_NUM|RETURN_NUM|TEXT"/> Example: <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_Send_SMS 1111111|1000|Hello from OpenBTS!"/>
API: python OpenBTS_Send_SMS TARGET_NUM|RETURN_NUM|TEXT Example: python OpenBTS_Send_SMS 1111111|1000|Hello from OpenBTS!
OpenBTS_New_User is a replacement for smqueue's "register" functionality. It inserts a new user into the subscriber registry.
API/Example: <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_New_User"/> DOES NOT WORK IN DIALPLAN YET. Reads chatplan variables instead of inputting them.
API: python OpenBTS_New_User USER|TARGET_NUM|PORT Example: python OpenBTS_New_User IMSI000000000000000|1111111|5062
OpenBTS_Parse_SMS munges an incoming SMS (from OpenBTS) into a format that FreeSWITCH can understand. This means it can only be run from a chatplan.
API/Example: <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_Parse_SMS"/> DOES NOT WORK IN DIALPLAN YET. Reads chatplan variables instead of inputting them.
This sets a number of chatplan variables, with most in Hex.
"openbts_rp_message_type" : RP Message Type "openbts_rp_message_reference" : RP Message Reference "openbts_rp_originator_address" : RP Originator Address "openbts_rp_dest_address_type" : RP Destination Address Type "openbts_rp_dest_address" : RP Destination Address (SMSC) "openbts_tp_message_type" : TP Message Type "openbts_tp_message_reference" : TP Message Reference "openbts_tp_dest_address_type" : TP Destination Address Type "openbts_tp_dest_address" : TP Destination Address (SMS target) "openbts_tp_protocol_id" : TP Protocol ID "openbts_tp_data_coding_scheme" : TP Data Coding Scheme "openbts_tp_validity_period" : TP Validity Period "openbts_tp_user_data" : TP User Data "openbts_text" : Message Content (Text)
There are example chatplans and dialplans in (openbts_root)/trunk/openbts/FreeswitchConfig/. Here are some snippets of techniques.
- Routing
<extension name="local_call"> <!-- openbts_db_loc set in vars.xml --> <condition field='${python(OpenBTS_DB SELECT name FROM sip_buddies WHERE callerid="${destination_number}")}' expression="IMSI\d{15}"/> <condition field='${python(OpenBTS_DB SELECT callerid FROM sip_buddies WHERE name="${username}"' expression="\d{7,10}"> <action application="set" data='target=${python(OpenBTS_DB SELECT name FROM sip_buddies WHERE callerid="${destination_number}")}' /> <action application="set" data='effective_caller_id_number=${python(OpenBTS_DB SELECT callerid FROM sip_buddies WHERE name="${username}"'/> <action application="bridge" data="sofia/internal/${target}@${domain}:${sip_received_port}"/> </condition> </extension>
- Parsing: This should be done at the header of your chatplan, to ensure these variables can be used inside of it
<!-- set all the openbts variables --> <extension name="openbts" continue="true"> <condition field="to_user" expression="^smsc$"> <!-- first, parse SMS --> <action inline="true" application="python" data="OpenBTS_Parse_SMS"/> <!-- second, look up sender --> <!-- freeswitch eats 's, switch them up here --> <action inline="true" application="python" data='OpenBTS_DB SELECT callerid FROM sip_buddies WHERE name="${from_user}"'/> <!-- result in _openbts_ret --> <action inline="true" application="set" data="openbts_callerid=${_openbts_ret}"/> </condition> </extension>
- Echo
<extension name="echo"> <condition field="openbts_tp_dest_address" expression="^9189$"> <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_Send_SMS ${openbts_callerid}|9189|${openbts_text}"/> </condition> </extension>
- Callback: call a user back from an SMS'd number
<extension name="callbacks"> <condition field="openbts_tp_dest_address" expression="^919(\d)$"> <!-- bgapi lets us finish this without waiting for the originate --> <!-- the space between the args and the dest is important, for some reason --> <action application="set" data="api_result=${bgapi(originate {origination_caller_id_number=${openbts_tp_dest_address}}sofia/internal/${from}:${from_sip_port} ${openbts_tp_dest_address})}"/> </condition> </extension>
- Forward: put at the bottom of the dialplan, catch all traffic that didn't hit and forward it to smqueue
<!-- send any other messages onto smqueue --> <!-- reencode for now... though I'll probably write a "forward" script --> <extension name="forward"> <condition field="openbts_tp_dest_address" expression="^(.*)$"> <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_Send_SMS ${openbts_tp_dest_address}|${from_user}|${openbts_text}"/> </condition> </extension>
- Registration
<!-- register a user in the subscriber registry --> <extension name="registration"> <condition field="openbts_tp_dest_address" expression="^101$"/> <!-- is it a number? --> <condition field="openbts_text" expression="^\d{7,10}$"> <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_New_User"/> <action application="set" data="response_text=${_openbts_ret}"/> <!-- lookup new number --> <action application="python" data='OpenBTS_DB SELECT callerid FROM sip_buddies WHERE name="${from_user}"'/> <!-- text back the return value --> <action application="python" data="OpenBTS_Send_SMS ${_openbts_ret}|101|${response_text}"/> </condition> </extension>
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Northern Illinois 3, Central Michigan 0
DeKALB, Ill. - After falling to Central Michigan in last year's Mid-American Conference tournament championship match, the Northern Illinois volleyball team completed a clean sweep in the 2012 season series by cruising to a 25-14, 25-21, 25-21 win over the Chippewas (12-11, 6-6 MAC) Saturday night at Victor E. Court. The win for the Huskies (16-12, 7-5 MAC) ended a three-match skid and extended the Chippewas losing streak to four, while also giving NIU Head Coach Ray Gooden his 200th career win.
"I'm so happy for our group tonight for coming back and fighting," said Gooden, who is just the second coach in Huskie history to reach 200 career wins. "Our conference and division has been a challenge - every night you have to bring it. We've been on the short side of it the last few matches and it was great for our team to come back with fresh energy against the defending MAC Tournament champions and defend our house."
Well-rested and ready to go after a tough 3-1 loss to Eastern Michigan last night, the Huskies bounced out to a quick 3-1 lead thanks to a pair of kills by senior outside hitter Meghan Romo (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso). Several plays later, back-to-back kills by Romo ignited a 16-6 run to put NIU up 1-0 in the match. After hitting .500 against EMU yesterday, the Huskies hit .407 in the first stanza versus CMU, who hit just .100.
In the second set, NIU faced a 6-1 deficit right off the bat but responded with an 8-2 run with help from five CMU attack errors to take a 10-8 lead. Then four more Chippewa attack errors pushed the Huskie lead to 15-11. However, CMU found the court with shots to knot it at 19-19 after a Huskie error. Unlike last night, the Huskies turned key points down the stretch as sophomore outside MacKenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) and junior middle blocker Sarah Angelos (Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan) notched two straight kills. Following two more CMU errors, senior middle Mary Kurisch (La Crosse, Wis./West Salem) hammered down a quick, and after a CMU kill, scored on a cross-courter to give NIU a commanding 2-0 lead at the break.
The final set saw the Huskies get off to a quick start again, taking a 10-5 lead after an Angelos kill. The Chippewas eventually climbed back and grabbed a 17-16 edge, but it was short-lived. Roddy fired back with a kill off the CMU block, Angelos turned in a stuff-block, and then another CMU error put NIU ahead 19-17. From there, Angelos went to work as she scored NIU's final three points to end the match.
Angelos paced the Huskies with 10 kills and a robust .455 attack percentage as she was errorless on the weekend. Roddy also totaled 10 kills and served tough with three aces. Freshman setter Alexis Gonzalez (Fresno, Calif./Bullard) handed out 29 assists and also put pressure on with her serve with two aces.
"I thought Sarah Angelos did a great job offensively and our team played great team volleyball," said Gooden. "Sue Hayes made some great digs and defensive plays. We served really well and passed really well, which is one of our big rocks for our team. It was nice to end this home stand on a positive note, we know that we have some challenges coming up, but it was a great win for us tonight."
Defensively, senior libero Amber Walker (Juneau, Alaska/Juneau Douglas/Western Oregon) tallied a match-high 18 digs.
NIU next hits the road to take on Toledo Friday, Nov. 2 at 6 PM CT and Ball State Sunday, Nov. 4 at 12 PM.
Ball State 3, Buffalo 2
BUFFALO, N.Y. - - The Ball State women's volleyball team came up with another late escape Saturday night, pulling away in the fifth set to score a 3-2 (25-20, 25-16, 24-26, 20-25, 15-8) victory at Buffalo in another key Mid-American Conference match-up for the Cardinals.
With the win, the Cardinals move their overall record back above the .500 mark at 13-12, while the team's MAC record evens out at 6-6. The Bulls fall to 8-16 (2-10 MAC) with the loss.
Three Cardinals finished the match with double-digit kills, led by the match-high 19 senior outside hitter Kara Bates (Bradley, Ill./Bradley Bourbonnais Community/Maryland) collected. Bates also served up a pair of aces and recorded a pair of blocks, while adding eight digs.
Also scoring double-digit kills for the Cardinals were senior middle hitter Lisa Scott (McLean, Va./Langley/Maryland) and junior outside hitter Lauren Grant (Eagan, Minn./Eastview/Cincinnati) with 12 and 10, respectively. Scott would pace all players with seven total blocks, while adding a career-high nine digs and hitting .429 (12-3-21).
Junior setter Jacqui Seidel (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) finished the night with her 13th double-double of the season by handing out 53 assists and racking up 16 digs. Seidel ran the BSU offense to a .203 (62-26-177) rate of success.
Senior libero Catie Fredrich (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) added a team-best 24 digs, while freshman defensive specialist Taylor Richardson (Selma, Ind./Wapahani) added 11.
Dana Musil and Tahleia Bishop tied for team-high honors with 15 kills apiece for Buffalo, while Kelly Svoboda collected a match-high 28 digs.
The BSU defense, which tallied 13.0 team blocks, limited the UB offense to a .168 (59-28-184) hitting effort, and also held an 87-81 advantage in digs. BSU also out-aced the Bulls 5-1.
With the score of the opening set tied at 11, the Cardinals capitalized on a Bates kill and three UB errors to pull ahead 15-11. Ball State would play to a six-point advantage at the 18-12 mark, while going on to win the frame 25-20 on a kill from redshirt freshman outside hitter Hayley Benson (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley).
The teams played to a 6-6 stalemate in the second stanza before the Cardinals gained control of the momentum at 8-6 thanks to kills from Bates and junior middle hitter Mindy Marx (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven). Ball State would then cruise to a 25-16 set victory capped by a Bates marker.
Ball State looked poised to end the match in three, holding a 21-16 lead in the third frame. Unfortunately, the hosts answered with a 10-3 run to win the set 26-24 and force a fourth.
Buffalo scored seven of the first eight points in the fourth set, only to see BSU battle back within one at 7-6. Ball State would go on to take a 12-10 advantage after another Bates marker, while a kill from freshman setter/outside hitter Jenna Spadafora (Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll) gave BSU a 17-14 edge. However, the Cardinals were once again unable to close out the set, as the Bulls ended the frame with an 11-3 run to send the match to five.
Buffalo kept the score of the fifth game close early, trailing by one at the 5-4 mark. However, Ball State managed to regain its momentum from the opening two sets and score the next five points to pull ahead 9-4. From there, the Cardinals would score six of the final 10 points to win the set 15-8 and the match 3-2 on Bates' match-high 19th kill of the night.
The Ball State women's volleyball team returns to Worthen Arena Friday, when it hosts Western Michigan in a 7 p.m. first serve.
Ohio 3, Bowling Green 0
ATHENS, Ohio - In a battle between the top two teams in the Mid-American Conference, Ohio Volleyball swept Bowling Green on Senior Night, 25-18, 25-21, 25-21. Lexie Hartnett and Faith Robins each tallied 10 kills as the Bobcats won their 11 match in a row to sit alone atop the league standings.
"They're just a terrific group of young women. They have been great leaders and role models for the rest of our team throughout this season," Head Coach Ryan Theis said of his seniors. "They exemplify everything a student-athlete should be and I'm proud of everything they've accomplished."
Robins' performances caps a weekend that saw her notch 23 kills and hit .447 for the Bobcats in wins over BG and Miami. Hartnett reached double figures for the first time in MAC play this season as she hit .333 vs. the Falcons.
"It felt really good to perform like this on Senior Night because its just such a special night," Hartnett said. "I just felt like I had some openings, as a hitter, and I could find space on the court with my swings. Everything just seemed to click tonight for us."
Sophomores Chelsea Bilger and Kelly Lamberti continued their strong play as well for Ohio. Lamberti led the team with 11 kills and her 13 assists gave her 12 double-doubles for the season. She now has four double-doubles in a row and five in the last six matches. Bilger also hit double figures on the evening with 10 kills.
Abby Gilleland hit the 40-dig plateau once more, finishing right at the mark, tops in the match. Meredith Ashy's 17 digs led the Green and White while Mollie Geske also recorded 10.
Ohio jumped out to a 9-3 lead in the first set and forced a quick BG timeout. Leading by five later in the frame, Robins notched back-to-back kills and a BG ball handling error made the score 22-14 in favor of the Green and White.
Hartnett's first kill and block would eventually win the set for Ohio 25-18. The `Cats held BG to a .093 hitting percentage, its lowest showing of the match.
Ohio took its first lead of the second set at 10-8 after a BG service error, an ace by Gilleland and a Bilger kill. In front 12-11, the Bobcats rattled off seven points in a row, with Lamberti and Hartnett doing most of the damage, to take a commanding 19-11 lead.
The Falcons scored five in a row to make things interesting at 21-18, but that's as close as the visitors would get as Lamberti closed things out with her sixth kill of the set. Hartnett added four kills in the game as the Bobcats hit .342 as a team.
The Bobcats fell behind by as many as three in the third set and were trailing 11-18 before they flipped the momentum. A kill by Bilger was followed by a Gilleland ace and Robins kill to even the score. Bilger then struck again for a 12-11 Ohio lead.
BG went ahead once more at 17-16 but Ohio got consecutive kills from Hartnett, Lamberti, Bilger and Serna Warner for a three-point cushion. The Falcons closed the gap to one at 21-20 but Bilger and Warner denied an attack attempt to quell the momentum.
Three errors by BG allowed the `Cats to close Senior Night out in style with a sweep of the team that handed them their only loss in MAC play.
Ohio finishes the MAC slate with four-consecutive matches on the road. The Bobcats are at Kent State this Thursday at 7 p.m. before crossing over for a game against Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, also at 7 p.m.
Western Michigan 3, Eastern Michigan 0
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Jessica Brown posted a match-high 15 kills, Lena Oliver and Caroline Rose each recorded 18 digs, and the Western Michigan volleyball team recorded its second sweep in as many days with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-23) win over Eastern Michigan on Saturday. With the win, the Broncos improve to 16-9 overall, 9-3 in the Mid-American Conference.
Brown was an offensive dynamo for the Broncos, pounding home 15 kills against the Eagles; she recorded just two errors on her 27 swings for a .481 hitting percentage. Stephenee Yancy and Richelle Ranney each recorded nine kills, with Yancy hitting a team-best .529, and the Bronco offense hummed to the tune of a .287 team hitting percentage.
Defensively, Rose and Oliver were part of an effort that out-dug the Eagles 68-59 and held them to just a .102 hitting percentage on the evening. The Broncos recorded 7.0 team blocks as well, compared to just 5.0 team blocks for the Eagles.
The first set was fairly nip and tuck early on, but the Broncos pulled away thanks to a diversified offensive attack. After a pair of Eagle attack errors gave WMU a 7-5 lead, Terin Norris notched a tip kill; on the next play, she found Yancy on a quick set to extend the lead to four points. The duo teamed for a block on the very next point to complete a 5-0 run that made the score 10-5 and broke the set wide open.
Eastern Michigan would come back to tie the set at 17-17 with a run of their own, but Richelle Ranney recorded a kill to halt their momentum. Gillian Asque had a kill of her own two points later to force an EMU timeout, and the Broncos would soon reach set point when Yancy bounced a kill down the middle. Asque and Brown would go up on the right side to notch the set-winning block, closing it out 25-19 to take the set.
The Broncos kept the heat on in the second set, opening up on a dominant stretch and never giving EMU a chance to get into the set. WMU started the set on a 6-2 run that was capped by Norri's kill, and the lead continued to swell as the Broncos forced error after error. Kaycee Acree recorded a service ace to make it 13-6, and an EMU attack error would push the lead to double digits at 18-8. Ranney notched kill to make the score 21-8 and force an Eagle timeout, and Yancy would force set point with another kill to make it 24-13. An Eastern Michigan ball handling error would seal the deal and give the Broncos a two-set lead.
EMU would jump out to a lead and hold it for a good portion of the third set, but the resilient Broncos came back to steal the set and send the Eagles packing. Trailing 18-15 at one point, a pair of EMU errors would pull the Broncos back into contention, and one point later, Ali Gossen and Stephenee Yancy stuffed Rachel Iaquaniello's attack attempt to tie the set at 18-18. The Broncos took their first lead of the set when Gossen recorded a kill on the next point, but the teams would trade points until reached a tied score at 23. EMU's Megan Crawshaw committed an attack error to give the Broncos match point, and Ranney did the rest with a kill to make it 25-23.
Miami 3, Kent State 1
KENT, Ohio - The Miami University volleyball team kept rolling Saturday evening, earning its fourth victory in its past five games with a 3-1 win over Kent State (22-25, 25-14, 25-17, 25-19). The RedHawks improve to 9-16 overall and 4-8 in the Mid-American Conference. The Golden Flashes fall to 6-18 overall and 3-9 in the MAC.
Two kills from Lisa Treadway and a block by Annie Reiswig and Kayleigh Cox helped lead Miami to an 8-4 lead to begin set one. Kent State responded with a 6-2 run of its own to tie the score at 10. After a setting error from the Golden Flashes, a kill by Madison Dodd and a block from Jenny Ingle and Meg Riley would put the 'Hawks back in front by three. The teams battled back-and-forth until Miami was up, 18-16. From there, a 7-0 run by Kent State would give it control of the set at 23-18. Ingle, Riley and Treadway put down kills as the RedHawks attempted to make a comeback, but the Golden Flashes would go on to earn a 25-22 win.
A service ace by Amy Kendall and kills from Riley and Dodd off of Kendall's assist put Miami quickly up, 3-0, in set two. The quick offensive pressure would be the story of the set, as the Red and White pushed the advantage to 12-5, forcing Kent State to take a timeout. Out of the break, kills from Cox, Riley and Ingle along with a solo block from Dodd would help Miami make it a 19-7 advantage. That would be more than enough as the RedHawks cruised from there to take a 25-14 victory.
Tied at seven in set three, Miami began to make its move. Kills from Cox and Riley, along with a pair of blocks sparked a 6-3 run that gave the Red and White a 13-10 advantage. After the Golden Flashes scored a point, Miami took control with a 6-0 run that featured three kills and a block by Cox. In front 20-15, a service ace by Madison Hardy and two kills from Riley were part of a 5-2 finish that gave the RedHawks a 25-17 win.
Trailing 4-5 in set four, Miami took the next six points to go in front, 10-5. Kent State fought back by taking 10 of the next 15 points to tie the score at 15. Kills by Chelsea Visk, Christina Menche and Ingle would help the RedHawks go back in front, 20-18. Ingle and Dodd would then team up for back-to-back blocks to make it a four-point lead. A service ace from Kendall, along with kills from Dodd and Riley would finish off the 25-19 victory and give Miami the match in four sets.
Riley led the RedHawks with a double-double of 14 kills and 18 assists. Ingle contributed 13 kills on a .435 hitting percentage. Kendall led Miami with 31 assists, while Madison Hardy had 23 digs. As a team the RedHawks hit .291, while holding the Golden Flashes to a .150 hitting percentage.
Miami returns home for a pair of matches next weekend. The 'Hawks will take on Akron on Friday at 7 p.m. and follow it up with a 5 p.m. match against Buffalo on Saturday. Both matches will be available on Miami All-Access.
Akron 3, Toledo 1
AKRON, Ohio – Akron used a steady offensive pace and a breakout performance from freshman Kelsey Wilson to take down Toledo in four sets Saturday, 25-13, 25-16, 21-25, 25-22.
Wilson made her first career start and never looked back, posting a match-high 15 kills with just one error in 21 attempts. Her .667 hitting percentage for the night is No. 9 all-time in the program's record books for a single match, and is the highest clip recorded by an Akron player this season.
All together UA fielded five players with double-digit kills. Tina Dimitrijevs played a strong middle tandem with Wilson, tallying 12 kills and hitting .524. Alex Cocklin delivered 11 and Alex Wiederholt and Chelsea Harvey put down 10 apiece to balance the Zips' attack.
Creating the opportunity for the hitters to swing successfully was Morgan Kuhn, picking up her ninth double-double of the year. The setter ended the match with 11 digs and was one assist shy of her season-high mark with 52.
The Zips had no problem summoning their momentum from Thursday night's win at Buffalo to start the match as they dominated the first two sets against the Rockets in front of the hometown crowd. Akron overpowered Toledo on the attack, hitting .432 in the opening stanza and capitalizing on two separate 6-0 runs to run away with the set.
If they hit well in the first set, the Zips continued to roll in the second, combining for a .538 percentage to Toledo's .182. This time a 12-3 Akron run issued early on would be too much for UT to handle. Four unanswered UA points capped off by a block from Wiederholt and Wilson would be all the Zips would need to go ahead 2-0 heading into the break. UA is now 9-0 on the year when leading two sets to none.
Akron faltered midway through the third set, as the Zips fell behind by as many as seven and were unable to recover. Dimitrijevs came through with a monster kill and a solo block to hold off the Rockets for one set point, but Toledo held on to take the third set by four.
The Zips had to fight their way to the finish in the fourth set, rallying from four points down in the first six plays and playing the Rockets tight the rest of the way. The two teams traded points down the stretch until Akron was able to break a 19-all tie with four straight scores.
A kill from Harvey would bring the Zips to match point, but they would need three shots at it before they could convert, when Dimitrijevs issued the final blow to put Toledo away.
With its fourth straight victory, Akron improves its record to 14-10 overall and 7-5 in the Mid-American Conference. Pending the rest of Saturday's results from around the league, the conference mark may be enough to clinch a spot in the MAC Tournament beginning November 16.
The Zips return to the court for their final road weekend of the regular season Nov. 2-3 for two crucial East Division matches at Miami (Ohio) and Bowling Green.
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The first Rocky Mountain Competitive Series event of the season was held on a cold, snowy weekend in Steamboat, where TSSC skiers held their own against a large field of regional skiers.
"At 240 meters it was a pretty long course, so it was definitely a challenge for our skiers since we have not had a top to bottom two air course to train on here at home," said head coach and TSSC freestyle program director Caleb Martin.
Keaton McCargo skied two solid runs, relying on tight, clean skiing to come up with a 14th place overall and third in her F3 age class.
Bridger Johnson, competing in his first-ever Rocky Mountain Division event, missed the 50 percent performance cut after crashing in the first round on singles day, but bounced back with a stand up top to bottom run with a Kosak trick on the top air and Iron Cross on the bottom to win his first dual. He then drew the eventual winner, Ryan Dyer of Steamboat, and lost despite laying down another aggressive stand up run.
Ryan Parkinson and Nicki Jones also competed in Steamboat, finishing 20th and 31st overall in singles and tying for 17th in duals.
Last weekend, Telluride skiers competed at the second Rocky Mountain event of the season, held at Aspen Highlands. In the weekend's single moguls events, Keaton McCargo finished with a ninth and 12th overall – representing second and third in her F3 age class. Parkinson captured a weekend best result of 20th overall and sixth in M2s, while Johnson finished 50th and 56th.
At last weekend's NorAm Cup event in Canada, Ridgway's Joe Discoe landed a third and a fourth place finish, despite competing amid a very strong field of 82 including 15 World Cup athletes from Canada, the U.S., Japan, Sweden, and Norway. Brother Jimmy, who has also landed a spot on the U.S. Freestyle Team, finished 30th in the first day's event and did not compete on day two as a precaution (Jimmy is just returning to the competitive circuit after ACL reconstruction).
An "on fire" Wade Parkinson finished 13th on the second day, while Lindsey Cannon took home a best finish of 17th and Lane Stoltzner finished 25th and 28th.
The team had just come off a hard-charging weekend of competition at Killington, in which they faced off against World Cup athletes like Emiko Torito and David Babic (eventual winners of the single moguls event).
Jimmy Discoe placed seventh and Cannon landed in the top 10 in ninth place overall, while Parkinson placed 13th and Zak Watkins took 23rd.
In the dual moguls event at Killington, Cannon finished 14th after making the first round cut, losing in the first round to Jordan Poyfair. Watkins finished sixth after losing in the round of eight to Jeremy Cota, and Joe Discoe finished fifth after losing to eventual event winner Sho Kashima in the round of eight.
Unfortunately for Jimmy Discoe, it has been decided that he will not get a World Cup start at the next event in Deer Valley. He and brother Joe have both been named as U.S. Ski Team "C" team members.


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Chicago >Food & Dining > Spiaggia
980 N Michigan Ave # 200, Chicago, IL | Directions 6061141.900653 -87.624376
Sun-Thurs 6-9:30pm; Fri-Sat 5:30-10:30pm
Neighborhoods: Central, Near North Side
Spiaggia's more affordable little sister – If Spiaggia is a little too stiff or costly for your taste, step into Cafe Spiaggia - they share the same kitchen and you are getting the same quality food for less. The attention to detail and service is still top-notch.
I love seafood and recommend the trout with brussel sprouts, tuscan white beans, shallots and potatoes or the skate fish with tomato pesto puree. If you have time for dessert - the dark chocolate panna cotta with sicilian almonds and sea salt is an excellent choice. The sea salt is a simple but unique touch that draws out the rich chocolate flavor. Everything on the menu looks great though, so you can't go wrong.
wonderful restaurant – I brought my business partners here a couple of times. They all were very much impressed with the food and service. Table setting is very cafe-like (in a good way), but it is still private enough for any occasion. One of the business partners was a French couple who own a high-end cookware line from France, and they were also very impressed with the overall atmostphere and their dishes. Wonderful restaurant to bring whichever it's your family or people from your work.
Great food, outstanding staff! – Wow! We were there for an hour and a half on Saturday night and it felt like it was just perfect. The staff made us feel right at home really went out of their way to make us feel special. We never felt rushed and the place was hopping. Bravo to the management staff and the chef's. This place is on the top of my list. What a hidden gem!
How Do You Say "Turn The Table" In Italian? – The food's OK in a sort of basic Italian way, but don't expect to have much time to savor it. We were there for less than two hours on a busy Saturday night before being bum-rushed out. So, if you need a quick bite, it's fine. But if you want to linger, there are plenty of other choices in the neighborhood that will treat you with more respect.
Best Overall Restaurant Value in CHI? – First timers. Liked it better than older sibling-Spiaggia. Eclectic layout that is near-cramped. Beautiful frescos, views, high ceilings - you can carry on a conversation in an energetic restaurant. Like the flexible dress code.
Cheese flatbreads -try to stop eating them, Gnocchi/Boar was excellent, Chicken very good+, salads very good, gelato desserts great. You will not go home hungry, and still have a few dollars left.
Wait staff superb.
What's great about this restaurant is that the diner is getting access to one of the great culinary teams in CHI let by Chef Mantuano at a fraction of the price.
Offer a preferred dining plan, too.
Hard to find faults with it.
A Chicago Gem – Cafe Spiaggia is a wonderful restaurant in one of the most unexpected places -- the mag mile. One doesn't usually imagine running across farm fresh Italian (and local) ingredients in this neighborhood, but they are there. And they are fabulous. There are generally a number of specials to choose from and the menu rotates seasonally -- so just ask your waiter what is best. You won't be disappointed. Great service. Great food. Great low key atmosphere. If you like authentic Italian (not Italian-American there are other places for that) you can't go wrong.
The setting is more casual, but the upscale Italian food is just as fabulous at Spiaggia's little sibling. – The surroundings aren't quite as luxe as Spiaggia next door, but this is still one of the finest places to dine on the Mag Mile. You're in for a treat, especially since prices are considerably lower here than at Spiaggia. Mediterranean octopus salad is a delightful start: tender, paper-thin slices of octopus kissed with sherry wine vinaigrette. Handmade pastas--from light-as-air potato gnocchi with wild boar ragu to al dente linguine with clams, white wine, garlic and chilis--are some of the best. The tiramisu is famous, but the delectable semi-frozen chocolate torte is a better choice. Renaissance-inspired frescoes and marble floors brighten the busy, narrow space, where businesspeople and shoppers take lunch in view of Michigan Avenue and the lake.
I'd go back 100 times! – Where else would you want to be during a snow storm but Cafe Spiaggia? Superb dining experience - appetizer, entree, decadent dessert. Personable, attentive wait staff.
Wonderful!!! – I have been to Cafe Spiaggia on two occasions and each time the food was excellent and the service was impeccable. The only drawback is that the menu is not as extensive as I'd like it to be. Try the clam and pasta if you like seafood. If you have room for dessert, be sure to try the gelato, especially coconut and mint. It's the best I've ever had. Bon Appetit!
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FOLLANSBEE - Dan and Cris Shorts of Follansbee announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Marie, to David Edward Smith, son of Barbara Smith of Colliers and the late Richard Smith.
The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate of Brooke High School. She plans to graduate from West Liberty University in May with a bachelor of science degree in nursing.
Her fiance is a 2000 graduate of Brooke High School and a 2004 graduate of WLU with a bachelor of science degree in management and marketing. He is employed by Best Buy.
A June wedding is planned at Walt Disney World.


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Moving thousands of students to new schools in new neighborhoods presents a massive security problem for CPS. Parents and gang experts say even grade school students have to be concerned about crossing borders.
OFFICIAL LIST: Click HERE to see list of 61 CPS school buildings to close
"This is applications for another school 'cause our school is getting closed down," Ayana Burke said about the paper in her hand.
In this high-crime neighborhood, where vacant buildings dot the landscape and gang territories change from block to block, choosing another school isn't just about the ABC's.
"All the schools combine together there's gonna be a whole bunch of problems," says Joy Fitzpatrick.
"They gonna be fighting," says Lettrice Jamison. "The gangs gonna be worse than it is now. I don't know why they want to close the school."
Many point to the 2009 videotaped murder of Derrion Albert, who had recently transferred to Fenger Academy High School from another school. Albert apparently walked into the middle of a gang turf war unaware of the danger.
Bishop James Duke of Liberation Christian Center in West Englewood says it's important the district have a game plan before schools open next fall.
"On paper it may look like four or five blocks, but in reality it's a whole other community," Duke says.
"Over the summer do some gang disaffiliation, conflict resolution before we put them in the same atmosphere or in august we'll have a world of trouble."
Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett says they plan to defuse potential conflicts by pouring more money into the district's safe passage program.
"It means there will be people, faith-based organizations as well as community organizations and parent organizations who will absolutely guard the streets if you will, during the morning when children are going to school and in the evening when children are coming back," Byrd-Bennett explained.
Some parents we talked to believe the school closings will actually improve their children's safety; providing them a ticket to a better environment.
"I feel it would be a great opportunity for her to get outside of the neighborhood school and go to a better school," says mother Regina Salter.
Security guards at one school earmarked for closing told FOX 32 they hope to land at another school.
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FOX 29 News was there overnight as police descended on a home in the 6200 block of Walton Avenue in Cobbs Creek to execute a search warrant.
Investigators are trying to determine if this is where the 5-year-old girl abducted from her kindergarten classroom three weeks ago may have been held captive.
"They came around midnight," said one neighbor. "They said they had a tip about the little girl."
"It's crazy, knowing that it might be that close to me," said Karen Davidson, who lives right across the street from the home that police searched.
Her 5-year-old son was actually in the same kindergarten class with the victim at Bryant Elementary School.
"Everybody's praying for her. And we're trying to find out what's going on," Davidson said.
Police sources say the break in the case came when the brave 5-year-old victim and her mother returned to the neighbor with detectives on Wednesday.
FOX 29 cameras were rolling as they walked the neighborhood, followed by police. The girl took investigators to an alley behind Walton Avenue and pinpointed the house for detectives.
"I am not in a position to call anyone a suspect. We're just following up on leads, and that's what we're going to continue to do until we find the people responsible for this crime," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told FOX 29.
Sources say police found several key pieces of evidence in the house on Walton, including an exotic bird. The victim told investigators she heard a large bird squawk in the house every time she moved while she was being held captive. Police also took carpeting, a distinctive bag and other evidence from the house to be analyzed for DNA.
"To find out this happened on the block where I was born and raised at , it's kind of sad," said a neighbor across the street," one resident said.
Neighbors who heard about the raid hope an arrest comes soon.
"It's just a matter of finding out who it is, it's horrible," Davidson said.
Police say they also got a tip about the location from a local woman. She gave them the street and the tip about an exotic bird inside, but not the address for the home.
Police questioned three women inside the home, including a 19-year-old girl who worked at an after-school program at a local daycare center the victim attended.
Police sources say none of the three women were cooperative with investigators.
No arrests have been made, and no charges have been filed, FOX 29's Dave Schratwieser reported.
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Not to be over-dramatic, but this may be the last truly democratic election held in the United States.
When you put everything together, our system appears to have reached a tipping point. Both major political parties are controlled to an unhealthy degree by special interest groups and wealthy kingmakers, but the Republican Party is by far the worst in this respect. The most obvious indicator: for decades bipartisan civic groups have been concerned with how few Americans are voting, but the Republicans have mounted a cynical and grotesquely ugly campaign to frighten even more voters away from the polls. In 17 different states, the Republican Party is attempting to introduce last-minute legislation requiring voters to show picture I.D.s before being allowed to cast their ballots. Their excuse? That voter fraud is a major problem across the nation, with significant numbers of unqualified people going to the polls.
The "problem" is a complete fraud, of course: there is zero evidence that fraudulent voting is a significant problem in any of the 50 states. But Republicans hope that at least a few key states will enact the legislation, unleashing a horde of rightwing storm- trooper types and vigilantes who will harass voters at the polls in heavily Democratic neighborhoods, driving people away and allowing Republicans to win statewide votes they would otherwise lose.
The last time we saw these kinds of fascist shenanigans in our country, it was in the Deep South before LBJ led the fight to guarantee civil rights for all American citizens. Black voters in Dixie were required to answer elaborate questions about constitutional law and the rules of government before being allowed into the voting booth, while whites in the same area went unmolested. If that failed, there was always the lynch mob, the fire-bombing of churches where voting rights meetings were held and the assassination of civil rights leaders like Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King.
Make no mistake about it, today's Republicans are no different, no better, than those white-hooded psychopaths and the demagogues who organized them. The Civil War had been over for a century before these outrages were finally done away with and black Americans were truly freed; during World War II and Korea, black people were still being hung, burned alive and shot while their brothers fought and died overseas for the "free world." Now the Republicans want to bring back these bad old days in order to sneak their repulsive candidates into office. Romney, Rove, Ryan, the Koch brothers and the rest are none other than the capitalist cousins of Vladimir Putin; he has resurrected the worst policies of the old Soviet Union, assassination, extra-legal imprisonment, press censorship, the whole gamut of K.G.B. atrocities, to roll back democracy and keep his cabal of corrupt conies in the Kremlin; his American brethren want to junk the whole system of free elections and an independent judiciary in order to "win" back the White House and continue stealing, swindling and looting. Ah, what a noble cause!


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